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  A summary report from the Mexico Action Summit

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2003

  Participants at the Mexico Action Summit explored how increased food production to feed the rural poor can be made compatible with natural resource management and biodiversity stewardship.
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  Urban challenges to food and nutrition security

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This research centre holds information from IFPRI's research program Urban Challenges to Food and Nutrition Security.
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  Enhancing the food security of the peri-urban and urban poor through improvements to the quality, safety and economics of street-vended foods

  Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2000

  This document reports on the DFID/NRI/FRI workshop on food security.
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  More calories or more diversity?: an econometric evaluation of the impact of the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO transfer programs on food security in rural Mexico

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2002

  This paper examines the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO cash transfer programs in Mexico and evaluates their impact on household food security and nutrition.
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  Recommendations on the role of nutrition, food supplements and traditional herbal therapies in promoting good health and combating diseases including HIV/AIDS.

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This is a brief statement published following the SADC Health Ministerial Consultative Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 20-21 January 2003.The meeting of Ministers deliberated on strategies to urgently and effectively address the prevailing HIV/AIDS situation in the SADC region and the current food crisis.
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  Unseen millions: the catastrophe of internal displacement in Colombia. Children and adolescents at risk

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2002

  This paper reports the findings of the delegation of the Women's Commission to Columbia to investigate the conditions in which internally displaced children and adolescents are living.About half of the displaced population in Colombia are children and adolescents and suffer and witness violence, sexual exploitation and rape.
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  HIV and conflict: a double emergency

  Save the Children Fund, 2002

  This report reflects the International Save the Children Alliance’s experience of HIV/AIDS and its effects on young people in conflict situations around the world.In war, HIV/AIDS spreads rapidly as a result of sexual bartering, sexual violence, low awareness about HIV, and the breakdown of vital services in health and education. In conflict situations, young people are most at risk.
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  From relief to recovery: rebuilding Afghanistan

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This issue focuses on the economic, social and instiutional restructuring required in Afghanistan to achieve food security and justice.The major areas of action required include:the revival of Afghan agricultureaffirmative actions to restore Afghan women’s rightseducation to develop human capital The articles included are:From relief to recovery: rebuilding Afgha
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  The links between biodiversity and poverty

  World Commission on Protected Areas, 2001

  Poor people, especially those living in areas with low agricultural productivity, depend heavily and directly on genetic, species and ecosystem biodiversity to support their livelihoods. This support takes the shape of contributions to health and nutrition, reduced vulnerability, crop and stock development, and off-farm resource use.
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  Food and Nutrition Library, IFPRI Special Edition CD-ROM

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001

  This CD-ROM contains 300+ full-text publications from cooperating organisations and agencies, covering food, food policy, nutrition and nutrition research, as well as the complete IFPRI website as of August 2000.The Food and Nutrition Library 1.1 is a cooperative project coordinated by IFPRI, the United Nations University Press and the Humanity Libraries Project.

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